RELEASE DATE: 6/30/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sixty-two Mansfield athletes earn PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors

MANSFIELD -- Sixty-two Mansfield University athletes earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete recognition for the recently completed 2008-09 academic year.

To qualify for PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors an athlete must maintain at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average out of a possible 4.0.

It marks an increase of two scholar-athletes over the 60 Mansfield athletes that earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete recognition during the 2007-08 academic year.  Nearly one-third of all Mansfield athletes earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete recognition this past year.

All Mansfield’s 14 varsity sports, with the exception of football, compete in the PSAC. Football competes in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) with Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, U.S. Military Academy (Army) and the U.S. Naval Academy (Navy).

The PSAC consists of 16-universities’ throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including Bloomsburg University, California University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney University, Clarion University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University, Mansfield University, Mercyhurst College, Millersville University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University, and West Chester University.

A record 1,859 athletes earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete recognition in 2008-09.

Mansfield University
2008-09 PSAC Scholar-Athletes

PSAC Scholar-Athletes (MEN)

BASEBALL

1. Anthony Battisti                           Horseheads,NY/Horseheads                     

2. Michael Hartz                               Dauphin/Central Dauphin                           

3. Matthew Miller                             Mountoursville/Mountoursville               

4. Tyler Noel                                     Ivrona/Glendale                                              

5. Steve Tretter                                Ephrata/Ephrata                                              

6. Matthew Young                           James Creek/Huntingdon                           

7. Christopher Zelko                       Horseheads,NY/Horseheads                     

BASKETBALL

1. Anthony Fannick                         Milton/Milton                                                  

2. Kevin Smith                                 Philadelphia/Friends Central                      

CROSS COUNTRY

1. Victor Garcia                               Chambersburg/McAlester                          

2. Nathan MacNabb                        Clay, NY/North Cicero   

3. Joe Stanek                                   Ashley/Hanover

4. John Mark Stoltz                          Dubois/Dubois

5. Glendon Zimmerman                   Narvon/Garden Spot

TRACK & FIELD

1. Bryan Falcone                               Horsham/Hatboro-Horsham

2. Victor Garcia                                 Chambersburg/McAlester

3. Justen Johnson                             Pocono Pines/Pocono Mountain

4. Nathan MacNabb                         Clay, NY/North Cicero

5. Joe Stanek                                    Ashley/Hanover              

6. Glendon Zimmerman                    Narvon/Garden Spot

PSAC Scholar-Athletes (WOMEN)

BASKETBALL

1. Clarissa Correll                             Mansfield/Mansfield

2. Alicia Espigh                                 Lewistown/Lewistown

3. Mallory Hafer                                 Sayre/Athens

4. Meredith Hafer                              Sayre/Athens

5. Morgan Hafer                                Sayre/Athens

6. Rebecca Pollack                           McKeesport/Moon

CROSS COUNTRY

1. Christyna Cain                               Brockport, NY/Brockport

2. Michelle Clark                                Apalachin, NY/Owego

3. Clarissa Correll                              Mansfield/Mansfield

4. Brenae Edwards                           Hazelton/Hazelton

5. Christine Gillies                             Milford/Delaware Valley

6. Sarah Groat                                   Pennfield, NY/Pennfield

7. Kelly Hollenbeck                           Churchville, NY/Verona

8. Tricia Learn                                    Troy/Home schooled

9. Irene Primmer                                Oneonta, NY/Oneonta

10. Trisha Rumsey                            Wellsboro/Wellsboro

11. Sarah Vivona                               Apalachin, NY/Owego

12. Jessica Wagner                          Cochecton Center/Sullivan West

TRACK & FIELD

1. Michelle Clark                                Apalachin, NY/Owego

2. Clarissa Correll                              Mansfield/Mansfield

3. Tricia Dowling                                Wellsboro/Wellsboro

4. Brenae Edwards                            Hazelton/Hazelton

5. Katie Foster                                   Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside

6. Sarah Groat                                   Pennfield, NY/Pennfield

7. Kelly Hollenbeck                            Churchville, NY/Verona

8. Jessica Hurd                                  Mills/Northern Potter

8. Tricia Learn                                     Troy/Home Schooled

9. Irene Primmer                                 Oneonta, NY/Oneonta

10. Megan Smickley                           Bartonsville/Bartonsville

11. Sarah Vivona                               Apalachin, NY/Owego

12. Jessica Wagner                          Cochecton Center/Sullivan West

13. Abigal Waltz                                Lancaster/Lancaster Catholic

FIELD HOCKEY

1. Rebekah Brown                           Equinunk/Hancock Central

2. Laura Carden                               Friendsville/Montrose

3. Courtney Grunza                          Nicholson/Lackawanna Trail

4. Shana Markwis                            Milford/Delaware Valley

5. Shantee Proctor                          Forty Fort/Wyoming Valley West

6. Jordan Rishel                               Muncy/Muncy

7. Jesse Wolski                                Baker/Baker Central

WOMAN’S SOCCER

1. Ashley Acuna                                Willow Grove/Upper Moreland

2. Natalie Adams                              Wilkes-Barre/Holy Redeemer

3. Chelsea Bendert                          Binghamton, NY/Chenago Valley

4. Breanne Forger                            Spencerport, NY/Churchville-Chili

5. Jackie Karlovich                            Marlboro, NJ/Marlboro

6. Lyndi Keiser                                   Mechanicsburg/Mechanicsburg

7. Kaytlen Robinson                          New Cumberland/Cedar Cliff

8. Justine Segear                              Wilkes-Barre/Coughlin

9. Breanne Smith                              Arkport, NY/Arkport

SOFTBALL

1. Janelle Antes                                  Elizabethtown/Upper Dauphin

2. Melissa Baer                                  Williamsport/Williamsport

3. Kami Bishop                                   Port Royal/Juniata

4. Gabriella Carrullo                         Chalfont/Central Bucks South

5. Jamie Castellano                          Hauppauge, NY/Hauppauge

6. Jordan Rishel                                 Muncy/Muncy

7. Jennifer Swarr                               Mount Joy/Donegal

8. Megan Trutt                                   Mifflinburg/Mifflinburg

SWIMMING

1. Emily Arnold                                  Addison, NY/Addison

2. Brenae Edwards                          Hazelton/Hazelton

3. Christine Gillies                            Milford/Delaware Valley

4. Tricia Learn                                  Troy/Home Schooled

5. Megan Smickley                          Bartonsville/Bartonsville